Metal Bending - CNC Break Forming
Penn Metal Fabricators, Inc. has 9 presses that are used for forming and bending. They range in size from a 56 ton press to a 240 ton press.
One of the presses is a PPEB 240 ton 10' LVD Brake Press uses a Cadman CNC controller with Easy-Form laser system to control bend locations and angles with outstanding repeatability.
Another Press is also a LVD Brake Press which has a 7 axis CNC control and a 14' bed. This brake press is capable of bending 12' of 3/8" thick steel. A third press is a
Mitsubishi 4' 56 ton Brake Press which features a ram repeatability of .00001in. This press has 6 CNC controlled axis'.
The CNC controls can be set to bend many bends on one part without changing the bending dies.
The remaining 5 presses use shop made dies to perform repeated operations on the parts.
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